William Corry (1779–1833) was a politician in the

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who was in the

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and was the Mayor of

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from 1815-1819. William Corry was born in

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. His father was killed at the Battle of King's Mountain in 1781. William stayed on his mother's farm and attended local schools until age 20. In 1798, he was invited by William McMillan, a relative, to come to Cincinnati. He lived with McMillan and studied law in his office. Greve 1904 : 440-441 Corry was

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in 1803. After McMillan's death in 1804, Corry moved to

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and associated with

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. When Reily became clerk of courts, Corry practiced alone until his marriage in 1810. In 1807, he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives from Butler County for the sixth General Assembly. Corry returned to Cincinnati in 1811 to administer to trust for Mr. McMillan's estate. He was librarian for the Cincinnati Library, which operated from his home. In 1812, he represented Hamilton County in the Ohio House of Representatives for the eleventh General Assembly, and he was elected Mayor of Cincinnati in 1815. He was the only Mayor of the Town of Cincinnati from 1815 to 1819. Before 1815, Cincinnati was a village, and after 1819, it was a city. After his term as mayor, Corry returned to practice of law, and he was twice more elected to the Ohio House for the 18th General Assembly, 1819 and the 25th General Assembly, 1826. Ohio 1917 : 262 In his later years, Corry's health was poor, and he died in 1833. The village of

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was named for him and later annexed by Cincinnati.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Corry, William (Cincinnati mayor) Ohio lawyers Members of the Ohio House of Representatives 1779 births 1833 deaths Mayors of Cincinnati People from Hamilton, Ohio 19th-century American lawyers